Gas-range.



F. P. MCCARTY.

GAS RANGE.

APPLlcAmN men MAY19, um.

1 ,257,373 Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

FRANKLIN P. IVIGCARTY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

GAS-RANGE.

S ecicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918.A

Application filed May 19, 1917. Serial No. 169,807.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that lf, FnANnLrN P. Mo- Canrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Gas-Ranges, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gas ranges, and particularly to the construction or' the baking ovens of such stoves.

@ne object of my present invention is -to provide a gas range which is constructed in a novel manner that prevents the heat from radiating from same into the room in which the range is located.

Another object is to provide a gas range which is so designed that the baking oven will be maintained at a temperature high enough to bake food a comparatively long time after the oven burners have been eX- tinguished.

And still another object is to provide a gas range that is equipped with a baking oven which is so designed that practically all of the heat units from the products of combustion will be utilized to heat the contents of the oven and also heat absorbing material that is combined with the walls of the oven, said heat absorbing material serving to maintain the oven at a baking temperature after the oven burners have been extinguished, and thus overcoming the necessity of keeping the oven burners in operation until the baking operation is completed. Gther objects and desirable features 0f my invention will be hereinafter pointed out.

Figure l of the drawings isa vertical transverse sectional view of a gas range constructed in accordance with my invention.

. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, take-n on the line 2 2 of Fig. l; and

Figs. 3 and l are horizontal sectional views taken on the lines 33 and @-4, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate the preferred form of my linvention, A designates the baking oven of my improved gas range, B designates the oven burners and C designates the burner space in which said burners are arranged, said burners and burner space .being arranged in any desired position with relation to the' oven, but preferably underneath the oven, so that the flames from the burners VB will act directly on the bottom of the oven. The top wall and vertical walls of the oven A and the bottom wall and vertical walls of the burner space C are preferably insulated so as to prevent the heat from escaping or radiating from said walls into the room in which the range is located., ln the form of my invention herein illustrated the walls above referred to are hollow and are filled with heat insulating material x, but it is immaterial, so far as my invention is concerned, how the walls of the oven and the burner space are constructed, so long as they are designed in such a manner that they will not act as heat radiators that throw the heat outwardly into the room in which the range is locate The walls of the oven A are provided with Vheat absorbing material oi' any character and also lines which are so designed and arranged that the products of combustion from the burner space C will follow a tortuous path in escaping from the burner space C to the smoke pipe D. The heat absorbing material above referred to can be arranged in various ways, and the lines through which the escaping products of combustion travel can `also be arranged in various ways, but I prefer to arrange heat absorbing material g/ in the side walls and the rear wall and in the top wall of the oven A and provide said walls with ues which are so disposed with relation to the heat absorbing material that the escaping products of combustion will not ony heat the interior of the oven, but will also heat said heat absorbing material y. As shown in the drawings, the oven A is provided with double sidewalls or hollow portions, formed by plates l and 2,'that are filled with heat absorbing material 1 and the rear wall 3 and top wall l of the oven are provided with hollow portions 8a and 4a, respectively, whichV are also filled with heat absorbing material y. Vertically-disposed plates 5 that extend from the front to the rear wall of the oven A, as shown in Fig. 3, cooperate with the hollow side walls of the oven to form vertical liues a. The lower ends oi' the lues a communicate with the burner space C, and the upper edges of the vertical plates 5 terminate a short distance below the top wall 4 of the oven, so that the products oli combustion that flow upwardly through the dues a, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. l, will enter the oven adjacent the top portion of same. The hollow side walls are also provided with vertical tlues whose lower ends communicate with inlet ports 7x formed in the vertical plates adjacent the bottom 6 of the oven, the upper ends of said vertical fiues Z) communicating with a hollow tlue space c in the top wall of the oven that is equipped with battles 7, as shown in Fig. 4, which are so ar ranged that the products of combustion that enter the hollow flue space in the top wall Lt of the oven will flow rearwardly and thence forwardly to a horizontally-disposed iiue 8 in the top wall et that connects at its rear end with the smoke pipe D, previously referred to. The hollow portion Sl" on the rear wall 3 of the oven is also provided with a vertical iiue d whose lower end communicates with the oven A and whose upper end connmini- Cates with a. horizontal flue ,e formed in the hollow portion t onv the top wall of the oven, the Hue e being provided at its front end with ports e, shown in Fig. 2, that es tablish communication between the flue and the horiZontally-disposed tine S in the flue space of the top wall el of the oven. rihe vertical {iues Z) in the side walls of the oven, the vertical flue (Z in the rear wall and the horizontal liuc e on the top wall are preferably so arranged that they will be partially surrounded by the heat absorbing material y, and if desired, the vertically-disposed plates 5 previously referred to can be provided with hollow portions 5 that are illedwith heat absorbing material which is arranged in the path of travel of the products of combustion that tiow upwardly through the vertical fines a, as shown in Fig. 1.

Then the stove is in operation the products of combustion escape from the burner space C through openings f' in the top wall thereof (shown in Fig. into the vertical flues e, up through which the products of combustion travel to the upper portion of the oven, The products of combustion then flow downwardly through the oven to the lower' ends of the vertical fines Z) in the side walls of the oven, Vand thence upwardly through said tiues Z) to the tiue. space c in the top wall -t of the oven. Upon entering said flue space c the products of combustion first flow rearwardly and then forwardly, as indicated by the arrows in Fig. et, into the horizontally-disposed hue S which leads to the smoke pipe. Some of the products of combustion that are admitted to the oven by the vertical fines a enter the iue (Z on the rear wall of the oven, and thence flow upwardly through said flue and through the horizontal flue e into the flue S. The oven A and the burner space C are provided with the usual doors A and C', respectively, and if desired, the gas manifold B that supplies gas to the oven burners can be provided with a casing 9 that incases or 1ncloses the mixing valves on the oven burners, said casing havinga removable top portion 9a that is adapted to be taken olf when the oven burners are in use. The smoke pipe D is also preferablyT provided with a damper i0 that is adapted to be closed when it is desired to retain the heat in the oven after the oven burners have been extinguished.

A gas range of the construction above described can be operated without greatly raising the temperature of the room in which it is located, owing to the fact that the outer walls of the oven and the burner spa-ce of the range contain heat insulating material or are constructed in such a manner that the heat in the oven and in the burner space will not readily penetrate through said walls and radiate into the surrounding atmosphere. Furthermore, a gas range of the Construction above described can be operated at a low cost, due to the fact that it is provided with fines which are so designed and arranged that practically all of the heat units are absorbed from the products of combustion whilel they are traveling from the burner space to the smoke pipe of the stove. fnd still another desirable feature of such a range is that the oven of saine will be maintained at a sufficiently high temperature to bake food a considerable length of time after the oven burners have been extinguished, due to the fact that the walls of the oven are provided with heat absorbing material that is raised to a high temperature by the escaping products of combustion which travel through the lines in the walls of the oven. lllhen the oven is being used to bake food, after the oven burners have been extinguished, it is prefen able to close the damper l0 in the smoke pipe and also arrange the cover 921 of the casing 9 in operative position, so as to eliminate the possibility of air being drawn into the oven through the mixing valves of the oven burners.

Havingl thus described my invention, what l. claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A gas range provided with a baking oven and a burner space whose outerI walls l are insulated so as to prevent the heat from radiating out 'ardly from saine, and fines combined with the top wall and vertical walls of the oven and constructed in such a manner that the iliroducts of combustion will flow in opposite directions through said vertical. walls and in opposite directions through said top wall in escaping from the burner space, said oven being equipped with heat absorbing material arranged in such a manner that it will absorb heat from the escaping products of combustion.

2. A gas range equipped with a baking oven that is provided with 'lines which are so arranged that the products of combustion reo from the oven burners will How upwardly at the sides ot the oven into the upper portion oi' same, then downwardly through the ovenj and thereafter upwardly through the side walls of the oven and horizontally through the top wall or" the oven.

3. A gas range equipped with a baking oven that is provided with tlues which are so arranged that the products of combustion trom the oven burners will iiow upwardly at the sides ot the oven into the upper portion ot same, then downwardly through the oven, and thereafter upwardly through the side walls of the oven and horizontally through the top wall of the oven, said oven being provided with heat absorbing material arranged in such a manner that it will absorb heat from the escaping products of combustion.

el. A gas range, comprising a baking oven7 oven burners, and means tor causing the products of combustion from said burners to enter the oven adjacent the upper part of same and then flow downwardly through the oven and tierealter upwardly through the side and rear walls of the oven into a flue space in the top wall of the oven, said flue space being provided with baflies that cause the escaping products ot' combustion that enter saine to follow a tortuous path.

5. A gas range, comprising a baking oven, oven burners, means for causing the products of combustion from said burners to enter the oven adjacent the upper part of same and then lhow downwardly through the oven and thereafter upwardlv through the side and rear walls of the oven into a flue space in the top wall or' the oven, said iiue space being provided with baiiles that cause the escaping products of combustion that enter same to follow a tortuous path, and heat absorbing material combined with the oven in such a manner that it absorbs heat from the escaping' products of combustion.

6. A gas rangs-comprising a baking oven, a burner space arranged under the oven, vertical iues in the side walls of the oven, means tor causing the products of combustion from the burner space to flow upwardly through the side walls, enter the oven adjacent the upper portion of same and flow downwardly through the oven and thereatteiupwardly through the side wall dues, a tine space in the top wall of the oven that communicates with the upper ends oi said vertical iiues7 and bafdes arranged in said tine space in such a manner that they cause the escaping products of combustion to iiow over practically the entire area of the top wali ot the oven.

7. A range, comprising a baking oven,

r space arranged under the oven2 vera burn tical Vducs in the side walls of the oven, means for causing the products of combustion from the burner space to flow upwardly through the side walls, enter the oven adjacent the upper portion of same and thereafter iiow downwardly through the oven to the lower ends of vertical fines in the side walls up through which said products of combustion travel, a iiue space in the top wall of the oven that communicates with the upper entls ot some of the vertical fines in the side walls, baties arranged in said iiue space in such manner that they cause the escaping products ot combustion to flow in opposite directions over practically the entire area of the top wall of' the oven, and heat absorbing material combined with the side walls and the top wall ot the oven in such a manner that they will absorb heat from the escaping products of combustion.

S. A gas range comprising a baking oven, vertical rlues arranged at the sides and at the rear ot the oven ar l lraving their lower ends communicating with the oven, means for causing' the products of combustion from the oven burners to enter the upper portion or" the oven and then flow downwardly through the oven to the lower ends oi said vertical dues, a horizontally-disposed tlue on the top of the oven which communicates with the vertical fine at the rear side of the oven7 and a flue space in the top of the oven which communicates with the front end of said horizontal flue and with the upper ends of the vertical ues at the sides oit the oven.

9. A gas range7 comprising a baking oven, vertical iiues arranged at the sides and at the rear of the oven and having their lower i ends communicating with the oven, means for causing the products of combustion from the oven burners to enter the upper portion of the oven and then flow downwardly through the oven to the lower ends of said vertica iues, a horizoutally-disposed flue on the top ot the oven which communicates with the vertical flue at the rear side of the oven a tiue space in the top of lthe oven which communicates with the front end of said horizontal flue and with the upper ends of the vertical flues at the sides of the oven, battles in said flue space that cause the products of combustion that enter same to flow in opposite directions through said space, and heat absorbing material combined with said vertical tiues and horizontal flue in such a manner that it absorbs heat from the escaping products of combustion.

l0. A gas range provided with a baking oven and a burner space whose outer walls are heat insulated, hollow portions on the rear wall and side walls of the oven that contain heat absorbing material and vertical fiues, verticaliy-disposed plates that coperate with the sine walls or" the oven to form uptake lues which conduct the products of combustion from the burner space into the upper portion or the oven, the vertical fines at the sides and rear wall of the oven havf their lower ends communicating with tli interior ot' the oren7 a hollouv portion on thI t p Wall of the oven that contains heatabsorbing material and a horizontal iue, and a 'Hue space in the top wall of the oven that communicates W'th the front end of said horizontal ue and with the upper ends of the vertical lues at the sides of the oven.

l1. A gas range, comprising a baking oven and a burner space Whose outer Walls are heat insulated, oven burners in said burner space, means t'or causing the products of combustion from the burner space to enter the upper portion of the oven and then iew dmvnwardly through the oven and the-nce upwardly at the sides and rear otl the oven into a flue space in the top Wall of the oven, heat absorbing material arranged in such a manner that it will absorb heat from the escaping products ot' combustion7 and means for completely cutting ofi1 the oven and burner space from the atmosphere after the oven burners have been eXtin gui shed,

1'2. A gas range, comprising a baking oven and a burner space Whose outer Walls are heat insulated, oven burners in said burner space7 a gas manifold connected with said oven burners, a casing that houses the portion of the gas manifold to which the oven burners are connected7 said casing being provided with a( removable closure, a flue space in the top Wall of the oven constructed in such a manner that the products of combustion will flow in opposite directions through said top, a smoke pipe that communicates With said flue space, a damper for closing said smoke pipe, discharge flues in the side Walls and rear wall thatcommunicate with the flue space in thc top Wall or' the oven through which the products of combustion escape, inlet flues at ther sides of the oven that communicate With the upper portion ot' the oven, and heat absorbing material arranged in proximity to said tlues so as to absorb heat from the escaping products of combustion.

FRANKLIN P. MCCARTY.

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